After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 455 Thunderstorm Land

Shen Xu was taken aback, then looked at the skull. "Senior, do you know what this is?"

"The golden lotus that grew by chance in Leichi, I don't know what its purpose is, but you have a special connection with it," the skull said meaningfully.

"Maybe!"

As Shen Xu felt the purple-gold thunder lotus that had taken root in his dantian, he couldn't help but feel troubled. He didn't know if it was a good thing or not. He just wanted to take advantage of it.

"Can we walk now?" the skull asked.

Shen Xu looked up at a drop of golden liquid about to fall from above.

“You can give it a try,” the skull said with a smile.

Shen Xu shook his head, feeling it was better to be honest at this time.

"That's Dragon Essence; no one but the Ling family can use it," Skull explained, seeing that Shen Xu showed no sign of making a move.

"Dragon Essence!" Shen Xu's heart stirred; that was a legendary sacred object for body refinement.

"Senior keeps talking about the Ling family. What is the connection between the Ling family and Dragon Soul?" Shen Xu asked curiously.

"The Ling family is the family of the first leader of the Tianhe Sword Sect, and it was he who made the contract with the Dragon Soul."

"You know nothing, why did the people outside let you in?"

"I'm looking for Thunder Spirit Liquid, and I don't want to get involved in the feud between the Heavenly River Sword Sect and the Dragon Soul."

"You are not a disciple of the Tianhe Sword Sect!"

"I am a disciple of the Four Directions Sword Alliance."

What is the Four Directions Sword Alliance?

"That is a cultivator alliance that was established in the last few hundred years. It was founded by the Four Sword Saints, and the Heavenly River Sword Sect was one of its original members."

"You don't even know this? How long have you been here, senior?"

"Sword Saint!" The fire within the skull flickered violently, revealing its current turmoil.

"I don't know how many years I've been here; it's as if I've been here since the day I became conscious."

"I usually sleep at the bottom of the pool; you are the first person to come here." The skull's tone was somewhat forlorn.

"Senior, haven't you thought about leaving?"

"How could I not want to? Unfortunately, I don't have the ability, not even the ability to get out of this dangerous place."

"If you could bring your friend to me, I could be free too."

"Liberation! Is this the ultimate goal of the Ling family?"

"Well, it's a pity that so many years have passed and not a single one of them has come to me."

In the past, people would take some of the Dragon Essence, but now there's no one left to take it. The skull sighed softly.

"Then why did I come here? And why can't the lightning here hurt me?" Shen Xu murmured in confusion.

"I don't quite understand this either. Perhaps you triggered some conditions of the contract between Linghai and the Dragon Soul."

As for why the lightning here doesn't harm you, I think it's because of the Immaculate Dao Seal on your body.

The Thunder Pool here was formed over thousands of years by the fusion of several types of tribulation lightning within the dragon's body, under the guidance of Linghai's 'Evil-Slaying Golden Thunder'.

Moreover, under the catalysis of the Dragon Essence, even more mysterious changes occurred.

However, the Demon-Slaying Golden Thunder had no effect on the Immaculate Dao Seal.

"Senior knows that I possess the Immaculate Dao Seal." He sensed that the Crystal Lotus Heart within the gray mist of his soul was very calm, showing no signs of being activated.

"When you fell into the Thunder Pool, the Dao Seal between your eyebrows was revealed once. The Immaculate Dao Seal is still very easy to recognize."

To obtain the Dao Seal at such a young age is truly a sign of boundless potential. It's just a pity you're not a descendant of Ling Hai.

However, your Dao Seal is severely shattered. If you don't find a way to repair it quickly, it will eventually explode in your soul, and you will probably die.

The Dao Seal is both a blessing and a curse from the Dao.

"As for how to choose, that's up to you." The skull said earnestly as it floated forward.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior. I understand the pros and cons of the matter."

Upon hearing Shen Xu's answer, Skull paused for a moment, but did not say anything more.

Shen Xu was well aware of the danger of the Immaculate Dao Seal, and if possible, he would never want it.

After an unknown amount of time, the skull suddenly stopped.

"Ahead lies the boundary between the Thunder Pool and the Thunderstorm Land. The Demon-Slaying Golden Thunder will gradually disappear, and you'll likely have to endure a lot of hardship if you try to find that girl there."

Shen Xu looked ahead and saw a very clear dividing line.

The sea of ​​lightning ahead seemed to have collapsed into a deep abyss, a dark and oppressive expanse where not a single ray of light could be seen, not even a single spark of lightning.

Purple and black, lightning and darkness, noise and silence stand clearly on either side, unconsciously plunging people into a state of bewilderment and helpless panic.

But Shen Xu knew that what lay ahead was not complete darkness, but likely concealed endless dangers.

"Senior, what should I do after I get out..."

Upon glancing to the side, Shen Xu's pupils immediately contracted.

He found himself in a vast, black landscape, and the skull that had always been with him had vanished.

An omnipresent sense of oppression lingered in his mind; the air was thick and heavy, and each breath carried a subtle numbness, as if he were inhaling air with tiny electric arcs.

Instead of the sky overhead, there was a swirling, thick, lead-gray thundercloud.

The clouds hung low, almost within reach, with blinding white light flashing constantly from within, accompanied by muffled thunder like the heartbeat of an ancient behemoth.

The thunder was not a sudden explosion, but a continuous, suppressed rumble that echoed and overlapped within the enclosed secret space, forming a low-frequency hum that sent chills down one's spine.

Shen Xu hurriedly checked the situation inside his Qi Sea. A purple-gold thunder lotus was quietly floating above his Qi Sea, turning the surrounding seawater into a purple-gold color.

"It's not an illusion!" Shen Xu observed his surroundings with a serious expression.

The earth was charred black, covered with a thick layer of black dust, yet it shimmered with a metallic luster.

The ground was not flat, but covered with jagged ravines and ridges.

He hadn't noticed any changes in his surroundings at all, and his Spirit Eyes had been open ever since he woke up, but he hadn't detected anything unusual.

As expected, without the blessing of the White Crane, the Spirit Eyes were far too weak in this place.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Xu condensed three misty bodies and probed in three directions.

The surrounding rift valleys were bottomless, not dark, but churning with blue-purple, leaping arcs of electricity, like flowing rivers of thunder, emitting terrifying hissing sounds and radiating bursts of immense destructive energy.

The distant mountain ridges resembled massive, charred dragon bones, rugged and steep, their surfaces covered as if by purple glass, reflecting the flashes of lightning in the clouds, appearing cold and eerie.

Even space itself was distorted by the violent power of the thunder.

The view was sometimes clear and sometimes blurry, as if through a flowing curtain of water.

Tiny ball lightning occasionally explodes out of thin air, silently hovering and leaping before suddenly disappearing, leaving behind wisps of blue smoke.

Suddenly, he sensed an extremely subtle movement around him, and Shen Xu immediately became alert.

A thick white fog spread outwards from him in all directions.

But strangely, he did not detect any abnormal fluctuations in the fog.

This made him even more nervous, and he slowed down, carefully observing the changes around him.

"boom!"

A tremendous crash resounded in the violent space, and Shen Xu was sent flying by a tremendous force.

"Cough~" A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Shen Xu's mouth.

The mist instantly appeared beside him, surrounding him completely.

"What the hell is that?!" Shen Xu struggled to get up despite the numbness all over his body, reaching out to grab the silver snake-like creature that had burrowed into his flesh.

But the silver snake suddenly scattered into thin silver threads, which burrowed into his body through his exposed flesh without any hindrance, and arrived in his soul's gray mist in an instant.

The crystal in his soul suddenly shone brightly, and the silver snake that had reassembled in his soul vanished like snow melting under the blazing sun.

Finally, it transformed into strands of pure soul power, which he used to replenish his soul.

"Great stuff!" Shen Xu exclaimed excitedly as he realized what had happened.

After a moment, he calmed down. He couldn't find any trace of the silver snake and could only passively take the beating.

He touched the wound on his chest; the blood smelled slightly burnt. The silver snake didn't seem like a living creature, but rather like an incarnation of lightning.

The size of this land is unknown, as are the number of these silver serpents and their strength...

He could sense that the silver snake possessed a power that affected perception and could devour souls.

Even with his status as a Soul Devourer and his cultivation level at the Qi Sea Realm, he still suffered a considerable loss at the hands of the Silver Serpent.

He couldn't imagine how Guanbi would get through this dark space, where the dangers were still unknown.